Center Stage – 6/27/10

Rohan Preston discusses some of the response to his recent Star Trib article about the Kathy Griffin show he attended this past week. He also talks about the Cirque du Soleil performance that just finished its run in the Cities.

The Hennepin Stages Theatre is hosting a “drinking play”. How does this work? Bye Bye Liver director John Haynes and cast “bartender” Mike Rylander join the program to describe this unique experience.

The Stages Theatre Company has brought the famed production of Willy Wonka back to the area. The playhouse’s artistic director, Sandy Boren-Barrett, talks about which version of the well-known book and movies that the company decided to focus on.

The U of M Showboat Players are back for their annual summer performance. Student actors Nathan Barlow and Zack Souls come in-studio to tout the troupe’s 2010 production, Triumph of Love.